Teen Women in History
To celebrate Women's History Month, here are seven stories about teens and young women through history. (Created February 2022)
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Jazz Owls
Marisela and Lorena are jazz owls - girls who work all day and dance all night to deal with the stress of living during World War Two. When the authorities crack down on the Latino population for their wild music and loose suits, murder follows. Will their brother Ray be okay?
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They Went Left
Zofia's last words to her younger brother were a promise to find him after they are liberated from German concentration camps, but how in the world will she locate one person among millions?
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The Downstairs Girl
In 1890 Atlanta, Jo Kuan must hide her identity as a Chinese-American cleaning girl while she writes an anonymous advice column that fascinates everyone and draws attention from unwelcome eyes.
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club
In 1954 San Francisco, Chinatown is the worst place for two teen girls to fall in love since they must face homophobia and also anti-Communist prejudice. Can Lily and Kathleen make their own path?
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So Many Beginnings
In this retelling of the classic novel, the newly emancipated March sisters build their lives on Roanoke Island, a budding Freedpeople Colony.
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The Enigma Game
Suddenly orphaned Jamaican-British teen Louisa is sent to help the war effort in Scotland, where she meets two other young people who could help turn the tide of the war against Germany and the Nazis.
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Echo Mountain
Ellie's family is already facing hard times during the Depression, but when her father is injured by a falling tree, she learns she has more friends among her neighbors than she knew, plus an unusual gift for healing.
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